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Obama to Accept Nomination on 45th Anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" Speech

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Senator Obama's nomination confirms Dr. King's observation that "the moral arc of the universe" is long, but bends toward freedom and justice for all.

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April 4, 1968

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

Bobby Kennedy's brief remarks the night of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination would be later described as a small masterpiece of American public rhetoric made all the more poignant by his own assassination just eight weeks later.

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McCain Pays MLK Tribute In GOP Donor Rich Memphis

Nancy Watzman | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home

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Nancy Watzman

This area is also home to the headquarters of Federal Express, whose CEO, Frederick Smith, is a McCain finance co-chair--and reportedly a possible candidate to run as vice president on the ticket with McCain.

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WaPo Op-Ed: "Another Angry Black Preacher"

Washington Post | E.J. Dionne Jr. | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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Let's ask the hard question about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Is he as far outside the African American mainstream as many of us would like to think?......

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Microtrends vs Macrotrends: Why Obama is Winning

Arianna Huffington | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

Mark Penn and the Clintons devised policies and personas only to watch dumbfounded as their microtrend sandcastles were washed away by the macrotrend tidal wave of the Obama campaign.

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The Headless Donkey

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics

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Allison Kilkenny

Liberals are trying to create a story for the death of the Democratic party. The cause may be as simple as basic biology: without the head, the body dies.

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Clinton vs. Obama: Lest We Forget

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

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Clarence B. Jones

The challenge confronting me and others, who worked with Dr. King, is how to set the record straight without appearing to third parties to be playing the so-called "race card".

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Hillary Supporter Rangel: Obama's Remarks "Absolutely Stupid"

The Swamp | Christi Parsons | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton declared a truce in their recent war of words last night, but an important Clinton ally was still actively engaged la...

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Racial Tensions Roil Democratic Party

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

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A series of comments from Senator Hillary Clinton, her husband, and her supporters are spurring a racial backlash and adding a divisive edge to the pr...

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Looking Past Primary Season, Obama Foreshadows National Campaign Themes

Amanda Michel | Posted 01.07.2008 | Home

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Amanda Michel

Lebanon, NH -- With recent polls showing him firmly ahead of his Democratic rivals, a confident Barack Obama seems to be looking past the primary seas...

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